Tymnes Explained

Tymnes is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from North America and Central America. There are at least nine described species in Tymnes.

Species

These species belong to the genus Tymnes:^[1]

• Tymnes chrysis (Olivier, 1808)

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• Tymnes guatemalensis Bechyné, 1955^[2]
• Tymnes metasternalis (Crotch, 1873)

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• Tymnes omoplatus Lefèvre, 1885^[4]
• Tymnes oregonensis (Crotch, 1873)

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• Tymnes thaleia (Blake, 1977)

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• Tymnes tibialis Bechyné, 1955^[2]
• Tymnes tricolor (Fabricius, 1792)

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• Tymnes violaceus Horn, 1892

^{i c g [6]} Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Book: Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). 2003. Riley . Edward G.. Clark . Shawn M.. Seeno . Terry N.. The Coleopterists' Society. Special Publication No. 1. 978-0-9726087-1-8.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. 2013. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-26091-7.

Notes and References

1. Bechyné. J.. 1953. Katalog der neotropischen Eumolpiden (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey. 4. 26–303. German.
2. J.. Bechyné. 1955. Reise des Herrn G. Frey in Südamerika: Eumolpidae (Col. Phytophaga). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München. 6. 569–657.
3. Crotch. G. R.. 1873. Materials for the Study of the Phytophaga of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 25. 1. 19–83. 4624297.
4. Lefèvre. É.. 1885. Eumolpidarum hucusque cognitarum catalogus, sectionum conspectu systematico, generum sicut et specierum nonnullarum novarum descriptionibus adjunctis. Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège. 2. 11. 16. 1–172.
5. Blake. D. H.. 1977. Colaspis chrysis Olivier And Its Close Relatives (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 79. 3. 417–421.
6. G. H.. Horn. 1892. The Eumolpini of Boreal America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 19. 195–234. 25076581.